Russia intends to stop NATO promotion east. At the same time, Ukraine’s membership in the alliance is excluded. This was said to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov in an interview with a specialized magazine International Life.
“We must put an end to the promotion of NATO, the NATO infrastructure, NATO opportunities on the east. We must exclude Ukraine’s entry into NATO. We must guarantee our security at least in those parameters, and on those frontiers that we had At the time of the conclusion of the fundamental Act of Russia-NATO in 1997, “said Ryabkov.
Deputy Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation noted that Washington knows the priorities and preferences of Moscow, since the US President’s Assistant on National Security Jake Sullivan is in contact with high-ranking persons in Moscow.
Ryabkov added that Russia has already proposed the United States to start the dialogue on the start of the dialogue and is waiting for the answer of Washington. At the same time, Moscow wants to quickly formalize agreements, but will not tolerate prerequisites from the United States.
At the same time, a Russian diplomat assured, Washington’s attempts to use a dialogue with Moscow as an allegedly “screen to continue the military development of Ukraine will lead to the” inevitable deterioration “of the situation.